Cutter grinder



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This invention relates to grinding machines and particularl to grinding machines adapted to grin or sharpen cutting tools of large pro ortions, such as for example face mills or milling machines.

Cutting tools of this character are com-` monly provided with a series of cutters or teeth each of which is formed with a periph-- eral surface and a side surface each termi',-

nating in a cutting edge, and a corner or inl termediate cutting portion connecting ,the

side and peripheral edges. This corner ortion is, on large mills, usually form of a plurality of connected, yet distinct,cut

l5'ting edges which together approximate a curve.

A convenient way of sharpening the teeth of a cutter of this characteris to successively sup rt the mill in a plurality of positions to liiing the various surfaces ailord' ing the cutting edges separately to the action of a. rotating grinding wheel and in these positions, by a'relative translation between the cutter and the grinding'wh'eel, to cause the wheel to act upon the entire surface.

As is well understood by those skilled in the art the various surfaces of the cutters must be presented to the grinding machine in such positions that theywill e ound with definite and predetermined a e and clearanceI angles and vthis invention deals particularly with means for easily and vconveniently ei'ecting such presentation.

In certain types of face mills the teeth are inserted-in the cutter-head parallel with the axis of the latter, while in others they are arranged oblique to the axis thereof. It

has been found that a finer and smoother cutting edge is secured and that the life` of a cutter is materially increased when the cutter is ground perpendicular to its cutting' edge and in order so `to vrind the cutters when they are arranged obllque to the axis of the cutter-head it is necessary topresent each cutter to t-he grinding wheel not only with respect to the rake and clearance angles and also with respect tov its oblique positioning -to apprehend the underlying features hereof as will hereinafter be more fully explained.

In the sharpening' of face mills the following problems are encountered (1st) the chucking or securing of the mill to a suitable support, (2nd) the setting of the cutters at the various angles with respect to the wheel, (3rd) the indexing 0f the mill-head from one toothto the'next, (4th) the mountlng of as/uitable tooth-rest and (5th) the relative bodilymovement between the work and the grindingV wheel.

This invention has for an 'object to proy vide agrmdmg machine in which -the corn-y ponent arts Aare so constructed and arran' d t at all of the Icutting edges of all i of t e cutters of a 'face mill maybe accuratelyl and conveniently. ground at a single chucklng of the mill on the grinding machine.

A further ob'ect of the. invention is to Erovide a grin ing machine with -a millead support b means. of which the mill? y head may' be a justedi'n both vertical and horizontal .planes and rotated aboutits 'axis to bring the various surfaces to the action of the grinding wheel. f es Another object is to combinedn a grindmg machine a universally adj ustable. support for a face milland a rotatable grinding Wheel and to provide means for effecting a relative bodily movement betweeno thecuttersand the grinding wheel whereby the grlndlng whee is caused to act upon the entire faces of all of the cutters ina single chuckmg of the mill on the grinding macnne.

provide'positi'vely acting means for adjust,

ing in any desired direction, the various parts of a face-mill support and to provide suitable graduation's to accurately indicate the extent of adjustment effected in any di rection.

To enable others skilled in the art so fully that they may embody the same in the varidus ways contemplated by this invention, drawlngs depicting a preferred typical construction have been annexed as a part of A still further object of the invention is to A' this disclosurel and, in such drawings, like characters of reference denote corresponda CAS g parts throughout all which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a grinding machine embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the machine shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view thereof. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 with the face mill omitted. Fig. 5 is a detail showing the work support adjusted to an upright position to bring the face portions of the cutters to the action of the grinding wheel. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3 showing the means for adjusting the grinding wheel support vertically on the stanchion and the means for rotating the grinding wheel. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section-on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the invention is disclosed in its preferred form as embodied in a grindin machine comprising a frame l formed with an upstanding stanehion 2 and a knee 3. The stanchion preferably carries the grinding wheel 4 and the means for rotating it, and the knee sustains the work-support and the means for moving the latter in a plurality of directions.

The face mill'M, carrying the cutters or teeth C to be ground, is preferably removably secured upon a s mdle 5 rotatably journaled as by means o anti-friction bearings 6, in an arbor 7. This arbor is journaled in acradle 8 which is suspended between upstanding arms 9 forming a part of a table 10,:slidably mounted in ,a turret 11. The turret is supported upon a bed 12 slidingly fitted to the knee 3 and is adapted to be moved horizontally toward and from the stanchion by means of a manually controlled shifting mechanism designated generally as 13.

To provide a relative bodily movement between the cutters and the grinding wheel (which latter is preferably of the cupped type) whereby the wheel is caused to act the views, of

. upon' the entire faces to be ground, the

grinding wheel may conveniently be secured upon a shaft 14 journaled in bearings 15 provided by a slide 16 adjustably mounted on guides g upon the stanchion 2. Vertical movement of the slide 16 and the rinding wheel may conveniently be eifecte in the followin manner. Within the stanchion is journaled a shaft 17 to which is secured a clutch member 18 adapted to be engaged by a similar clutch-member 19 loosely journaled upon the shaft and to which is secured an actuating crank 20. Thel shaft 17 has secured to it a gear 21 which meshes with a gear 22, forming a part of a gear- 'unit 23 loosely journaled on a short shaft 24 also carried by the stanchion 2. The unit 23 provides a gear 25 which meshes with and drives a gear 26A loosely journaled on a bushing 27 surroundin the shaft 17. The gear 26 also meshes wit the teeth of a rack 2.8 secured to the slide 16 and thus, by rotation of the crank 20 the slide, and the grinding wheel carried thereby, may be translated on the stanchion. Integral with the gear 26 is a drum 29 to which is secured one end of a cable 30 which passes downwardly therefrom over an idler 31 and has attached to its lower end a suitable weight (not shown) adapted to act as a counter-balance for the slide 16. The drum 29 is preferably provided with a spiral groove which guides the cable laterally as the drum is rotated, thereby preventing overlapping of the coils.

A convenient means for rotating the grindinv wheel in all of the adjusted positions of the .slide 16 on the stanchion consists in mounting upon the upper end of the stanchion a motor 32 connected by a belt 33 with a pulley 34 on the shaft 14. The belt is preferably arranged to pass around `a A fixed pulley 35 journaled in the stanchion and around an idler pulle 36 journaled upon an extension 37 forme upon the slide 16. With this arrangement the pulley 36 gives up slack as the slide 16 and the pulley 34 are moved downwardly away from the motor, and takes up the slack produced by the upward movement of the slide, thereby maintaining the belt taut in all of the positions of the slide.

An adjustable tooth rest R is secured to the transverse portion 7 of the arbor 7 and when once set for one cutter of any particular mill-head requires no further adjustment inasmuch as it is moved to all of the angular positions to which. the mill-head is adjusted.

Presupposing that a face mill of the oblique tooth type is to be ground, the operation ,of the. machine is as follows: W'ith the spindle 5 in a vertical position and with all dials set at zero, the face mill is placed on the upper end 5 of the spindle 5. The mill is then tipped to an angle equal to the angle the toot-h is located with respect to the axis of the mill (usually about 7 degrees) to bring the tooth in a vertical position. This adjustment is effected by means of a hand- Wheel 38 secured to a shaft 39 journalcd in a sub-casing 40 carried bv the cradle. To the shaft 39 is secured a worm 41 which aotuates a segmental worm-wheel 42 secured as by means of a key 43 to the arbor 7. The extent of rotation of the arbor may be indicated by a graduated dial 44 fixed to thc arbor, and when the desired angular position of the mill-head has been secured the arbor may be locked againstfurther movement by a clamping wheel 45. Next the mill is rotated on the spindle 5 to bring the forward edge of the face portions of one of the teeth to a position per endicular to the grinding face of the grin ing wheel. This may be done by placing one blade of a steel angle. In the all the parts carried thereby including the.

square against the face of the 'grinding wheel and bringing the tooth into contact-with the other blade thereof. In this position the cutter is fixed to the spindle by tightening the clamping bolt 5". With the mill-head in 4this position the tooth-.rest is adjusted to engage the forward face of thetooth adjacent the rinding wheel and after being secured in tiat position the tooth-rest requires no further adjustment for that mill as it movesv f with and maintains its relative position withl vundercut and are ground with a-peripheral clearance which may be in the neighborhood of ten degrees, more or less dependent upon the nature of the work to be milled, Thus to present the peripheral cutting face vof a tooth to the grinding wheel at the proper angle after the millhas been secured wlth the tooth perpendicular to the face of the grinding wheel,` it is necessary to rotate the mill with respect to the cutter an amount equal to the ra e angle plus the clearance resent machine this is effected by rotati g the turret 11 on the bed 12, the degree of rotation being determined by the graduations 46. The peripheral face' being set at the proper angle, the bed 12 and mill-head are moved horizontally toward the grinding wheel to bring the tooth into conr tact therewith. The grinding wheel is then moved vertically to cause it to act u .pon'the entire@ surface of the tooth as herexnbefore described'. The mill is then rotated step-bystep to successivelybring the teeth to the action of the grinding wheel.

In certain cutters it is desirable to form the periphery of the blades of two distinct surfaces. Of these, the surface adjacent the cutting edge is known as the land and is preferably narrow and is at a relatively slight angleto a radial line while the other surface extending from the land to the heel of the cut-ter is wider and is ground off at a substantially greater angle to a radial line. After the lands have been ground, as just described, the turret may be given a further rotation and the heel clearance ground in av similar manner.

The peripheral surfaces having been ground, the bed 12 and thereby the mill-head is backed of from the grinding wheel and, by rotation of the handle 47 (which actuates a suitable worm and worm-wheel, not shown) the cradle is swung upwardly 'to present the corner of the teeth to the grinding wheel. These `corners are each preferably sharpened in three grindings which produce three distinct .cutting surfaces approximating a curve. lThese surfacesV may conveniently be at .the angles of 921,6;o 45 and (57i/2 to the peripheral cutting-edges. The

termined by a graduated dial 48 carried `by one of the trunnions offthe cradle. Whenthe cradle has been swung upwardly to the desired vanle it may be flocked against dis-` placementy rotationk of a clamping hand- Wheel 49.

After the corner surfacesvhave been `angular position of the cradle may be deground the cradle and the mill-head ma be y.

tipped further to the position shown in ig. 5, and the side faces of the teeth Aground v with the usual clearance angle.

.- In a mill-head in which the teeth are ar# ran ed parallel with the axis of the head the teet are ground the same as hereinbefore described except that the initial tipping of the millL-head is not required and is therefore omitted, the teeth already being in a vertical position.

Inthe grinding of certain cutters it is desirable to have the axis of the mill-head inmay lie adjusted back' and forth thereon by means of a suitable screw actuated by a hand-crank 51.

Without further analysis, the foregoing -will so fully reveal the gist of this invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, vreadily adapt it for various utilizations by retaining one or more of the features that, from the standpoint of the rior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of either the generic or specific aspects of this invention and, therefore, such 'adaptations should be, and are intended to be, comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalency of the :following claims Having thus revealed this invention, I claim as new and desire to secure the following combinations and elements, or equivalents thereof, by Letters Patent of the Unit-l ed States 1. A grinding machine combining a frame; a grinding wheel rotatably and translatably journaled thereon; means to rotate the grinding Wheel; means to support acutter adjacent said grinding wheell universally adjustable worksupport carried by said knee; a work-carrying spindle mounted on said support; means on said work-support for rotating said spindle thru a'n angle of at least ninety degrees about an axis transverse to the axis of said spindle; and means for effecting a bodil movement of said grinding wheel in a vertical plane to cause said grinding wheel to traverse the work secured upon the work spindle:

3. A cutter grinding machine combining a frame provided with a stanchion; awork support; a slide translatably mounted u on said stanchion; a rinding wheel rotata ly journaled on said sl1de;`a rack bar connected to said slide; a pinion rotatably journaled in said stanchion and meshing with said rack; means to rotate said pinion to cause translation of said slide; a counterweight for said slide operatively connected to said pinion and tending to rotate it in a direction opposite to the direction it is urged by the weight of said slide rack.

4. A cutter grinding machine combining a frame. comprising a stanchion and a knee; a cutter holding spindle universally supported upon said knee; a tool-slide translatably mounted onsaid stanchion; a grinding wheel rotatably supported by said slide; a rack secured to said tool-slide; a shaft journaled in said stanchion; a drum loosely journaled co-axial with said shaft; a pinlon rotatable with said drum and meshing with said rack; a multiple gear connection between said shaft and said pinion; means to rotate said shaft, gear connection and pinion to effect translation of said tool-slide; a counterweight for said tool-slide; and a iexible connector attached to said counterweight and adapted in the downward movement of said slide to be wound upon said drum.'

5. A cutter grinding machine combining a frame providing a stanchion; a work-support; a slide translatably mounted upon said stanchion; a grinding wheel rotatably journaled on said slide; a rack carried by said slide; a shaft journaled in said stanchion; a gear coaxial with said shaft and meshing with said rack; a counter-balance for said slide including a counter-weight, a cable attached lthereto; a drum upon which the cable is adapted to be wound; and means for simultaneously rotating said gear'and drum to move said slide and counter-weight in opposite directions.

6. A grinding machine combining a grinding wheel; means for rotating the grinding wheel; means for movin said grinding wheel vertically in opposite directions; a work-support; means for adjusting said work-support bodily toward and from saidgrinding wheel; means permitting said work-support to be swung in a horizontal plane; and means independent of said firstmentioned adjustments for universally adjusting the work carried by said work-support successively to bring to the action of said grindin wheel surfaces arranged at least ninety egrees to each other.

7. A cutter grinding machine combining a grinding wheel; means for rotating the grinding wheel; a universally adjustable' cutter-support including a cradle; means for supporting said cradle; means for adjusting said cradle about a horizontal axis; an arbor journaled in said cradle transverse to said horizontal axis; means for adjusting said arbor about its longitudinal axis in said cradle; means cooperating therewith to lock said arbor in its adjusted position against turning in said cradle; a work-supporting spindle rotatably journaled in said arbor; and means for securing a cutter head on said spindle.

8. A cutter grinding machine combining a single grindlng wheel; means for rotating the grinding wheel; a cutter-support including a cradle; means for adjustably supporting said cradle upon a horizontal axis; an arbor journaled in said cradle transverse to the axis of the Cradle; a cutter-supporting spindle journaled in said arbor transverse to the axis of the cradle and to said arbor; and means for swinging said cradle ninety degrees about its axis and for partially rotating said arbor to give said cutter an one of a plurality of angular positions with respect to said grinding wheels in both vertical and horizontal planes to permit grinding of side and face portionsof thecutters of end mills by said single nding wheel.

9. A cutter grinding mac ine combining a grinding wheel; means 4for rotating the grinding wheel; a cuttcr-support including a cradle; means for adjustablysupporting said cradle upon a horizontal axis; an arbor journaled in said cradle transverse to the axis of the cradle; a cutter-supporting spindle journaled in said arbor transverse to the axis of the cradle and to said arbor; means for swinging said cradle about its axis more than ninet degrees and for partially rotating said ar or to give said cutter any one of a plurality of angular positions with respect tosaid grinding wheel; and an adjustable tooth-rest carried by said cradle and cooperating with the tceth of said cutter in all of the adjusted positions of the latter.

l0. A cutter grinding machine combining a frame providing a stanchion and a knee; a grinding wheel carried by said stanchion; means for rotating said grinding wheel; a bed slidably supported upon said knee; means for moving said bed on said knee toward and from said stanchion; a turret mounted on said bed; a table slidabl mounted on said turret and provided with upstanding arms; a cradle suspended belll lll

tween said arms; an arbor journaled in said cradle; a cutter-supporting spindle rotatably journaled in said arbor; a sub-casing carried by said cradle; a shaft jonrnaled in said sub-casing; a Worm secured to said shaft; a segmental Worm-wheel secured to said arbor and engaging said worin; manually controlled means for rotating `said Worm to cause it to partially rotate said arbor; and means for indicating the extent of rotation of the arbor.

11. In a grinding machine for cutters having peripheral, corner and face cutting edges, said peripheral and face cutting edges being 15 arranged at an angle of at least ninety degrees, a grinding wheel and means for rotating it; a work-support; means for supporting a cutter on said work-support; means for adjusting said Work-support to bring one ot' said cutting edges into Contact with said grinding wheel; and means for further adjusting said work-support to successively bring each of the other cutting edges into Contact with the grinding Wheel without removing the cutter from said Worksupport. V

In Witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

SOL\ EINSTEIN. LESTER F. NENNINGER.

HERMAN R. ,ISLER 

